Post-Zake visit (UPDATE)

Zakettes!

What a beautiful group!

I want to thank you all for bringing such wonderful energy and insightful questions to the events this week.  I was regretting that we really hadn’t had time to bond before Zake’s visit, but now we’ve had, I think, a transformative experience.  Re the blog: This is a “free” week. Which is to say, I’m not requiring one,  but you will want to write one 1). If you joined the class late  2).  to give yourself some wiggle room if you need to miss one later3). in order to preserve and process  these feelings and memories.  Post at any time, but I’d prefer they go up before Monday afternoon.  (You will need at least four to do a solid mid-term assignment.)

There’s now a folder in Courseworks with the group photos- Zake Visit Photos (I’ll add others soon as I get them off the phone).  I would love for you to share your photos (and we should think about whether we want them on the Scalar project).  Also share on social media. Renee would like you to take Ntozake’s page. English and Africana studies would like you to share with them. if you are on twitter or Instagram, tag @ShangeWorlds or #Zakette. Apologies to those who missed this photo–I should have done one at the beginning and the end.

Some wrap up items:

• I will be around from 3:30-5:30.  this is a good time to meet with me if you are having trouble with the blog, etc.  Also feel free to come in groups if you just want to talk or read a poem.  My office is Barnard Hall 411.
• It was only during class that I realized we are not reading spell #7: geechee jibara quik magic trance manual for technologically stressed third world people, which us one of my favorite Shange plays, although it has never gotten rave reviews. She mentioned two poems made famous in that piece, so I’ll be uploading them soon.

UPDATE: I got this question about the blogpost

ANSWER: no–this doesn’t require the level of analysis I anticipate in posts focused on the readings. Nor do I expect outside media (other than class pix). It can also be a poem or prose-poem. As we have seen in Ntozake’s works–those feelings about an experience can be combined with deep insight–maybe that’s what we are working towards always?